Hexamita

Hexamita
noun
flagellates free-living or parasitic in intestines of birds
Syn: ↑genus Hexamita
Hypernyms: ↑protoctist genus
Member Holonyms: ↑Polymastigina, ↑order Polymastigina

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\\hekˈsaməd.ə\ noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from hexa- + -mita (from Greek mitos thread) — more at dimity
: a genus (the type of the family Hexamitidae) of binucleate zooflagellates having six anterior and two trailing flagella and including free-living forms as well as intestinal parasites of birds (as H. meleagridis) and of salmonid fishes (as H. salmonis) that are associated with enteritides — compare giardia

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